The Right Reverend Gene Robinson entered St. Mark's Cathedral behind a cadre of proud GLBTQ Christians and allies that waved a long rainbow streamer above all our heads, with the traditional Episcopal incense burning. That morning the news had broken in the Bishop's hometown newspaper in New Hampshire that he was invited bmore --------------------------------------------------

While the state's budget crisis will take center stage in Olympia this year, new domestic partnership legislation is also on the agenda, state lawmakers tell SGN. The Legislature is also reviewing anti-bullying legislation passed in 2002.

On January 6, 11 Capitol Hill bars received letters threatening patrons with the deadly poison ricin. Though the Seattle Police Department began working on the case immediately, the anonymous act sent ripples of paranoia through the community. Individual responses ranged from anger to pramore --------------------------------------------------

As you know by now, the GLBTQ community in Seattle has had a serious threat leveled towards us. Being out and about, I hear talk that ranges from laissez-faire, nothing-will-happen attitudes to serious concern with anger and fear. I'd like to give some perspective about what this is abmore --------------------------------------------------

Mercy and Cuteness joined some of their opera buddies for the New York Metropolitan Opera HD broadcast of Thais. Mercy had chatted earlier with her friend Justice Gatekeeper about the filmed performances. He had been disappointed in the darkness of one of the movies, Peter Grimes, more --------------------------------------------------

Senegal jails nine men for having Gay sex
Nine Gay men in Dakar, Senegal, were jailed for eight years January 6 for the crimes of having Gay sex and belonging to a "criminal association," an HIV-services group.

On December 19, police raided the apartment of Gay leader Diadji Diouf, arrested him andmore

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Northwest News "LEAVING MY FOUND EDEN:
A POETOGRAPHY COLLECTION"
An exhibition of "poetography" by Ron L. Zheng is on display through the month of January at the C&P Coffee Company Gallery, 5612 California Ave. S.W. Poetography is an art form that merges English-language tanka poetry with black and white photography printed on large canvas. The diverse cultural references in the shmore

NGLTF analysis of race and the Prop 8 vote stirs controversy
An analysis of the Proposition 8 vote released January 6 by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute said the driving forces behind the California marriage ban's passage were Republican party affiliation, conservative political ideolmore

We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take this anymore. If there is a clear message to come out of LGBT America's response to the fall election, that slightly modified line from the movie Network is it.

Lesbian Christie Keith, who earns a living writing about pets, more
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The Gay Log Cabin Republicans are broke and their party is seriously broken. The group's $100,000 debt comes at a time when the GOP is more indebted than ever to extremists. Instead of learning from Election Day, the party is pandering to those who believe in the "End of Days," which more-------